SLC AG is Poppin'

Well a whole lot has happened in my life recently. I was elected as Area Government (on campus housing student council type thing...) president and have been SO busy! I sure do love doing this! I have probably the greatest advisor in the history of advisors. This is no exaggeration. Brice Colby is his name, and zombies are his game... hahaha! He is not only one way cool kid, but one very entertaining person. Despite how much I tease him about different things, he sure is one of the greatest, most put together leaders I have ever met. I am so excited to finally get into the nitty gritty of AG this year and start to become the best leader I can be while helping those in my AG also become the greatest leaders they can. :) Basically SLC AG is poppin! :) Speaking of AG, there is a lovely little thing we do in the fall called the AG retreat. It is one of the most life changing, eye opening, emotionally draining weekends you will ever live through. I know this sounds super not like a lot of fun, but it is actually quite the opposite. This is my second AG retreat I have attended and I really was sort of confused after leaving it. I really didn't know how to feel. Last year I was so uplifted and ready to move on and this year I was just confused. It took a while... okay like maybe 6 hours... after leaving to help me feel that uplifted feeling. Emotions are so crazy. They are always there and always so very prominent. You can feel so much happiness, sadness, or anger and then five minutes later feel the complete opposite. I used to say I wish we didn't feel. I wish that we didn't have emotions, but they are necessary. You could never care for someone without emotions. Never learn to control anger. Never learn to suppress jealousy. Never learn to   love or be happy. Most importantly, we would never learn to or be able to connect with other people. Emotions are necessary. They make us who we are and allow us to be what we need to be.

That was a tangent I really didn't need to go off on. Basically after the AG retreat I have a few new goals. Those goals include getting to truly know people. Less poor me and more helping. More real friends and less superficial ones. Less hidden emotion and more shared feelings. Less hostility and more friendliness. Write poetry again. Less distractions and more focus. Basically there is still a whole lot I need to work on, a whole lot that can help me improve the person that I am and a whole lot of emotions that I need to accept and allow to happen.

So, piece of advice for staying happy this blog is, don't shut yourself off. Don't close yourself down. Show some emotion. Share a problem with a friend. Allow people to care about you. You cannot get through life alone so don't try. Even if you think there is no one out there who cares, there always is. Next time someone asks "what's wrong?" or "Are you alright?" give them an answer. Let them be your friend. You will be happier if you do this and that my friends is a promise.

As always, I hope you enjoyed my random array of thoughts and emotions. Remember, No one likes a frowny face!